The Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that captured headlines after an outbreak of COVID-19 among those on board, left a pier in Yokohama port Wednesday after nearly two months of quarantine. The ship is scheduled to be put into service again in mid-May, according to ...
80% of Diamond Princess coronavirus patients had mild or no symptoms
The SDF report is believed to be one of the largest analyses of symptoms caused by the new virus to be compiled in Japan, according to the Defense Ministry.
Some schools in Japan planning to reopen despite coronavirus outbreak
Municipalities nationwide are beginning to break with the government's request to close schools in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak, with some opting to reopen schools earlier than planned after briefly closing their doors. The city of Urasoe, in Okinawa Prefecture, said Monday ...
Crew members on coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess had close contact with infected passengers
“Crew members did not limit their movements, and interacted with passengers who had tested positive for the virus,” a crew member says.
Some areas short of Japanese-language teachers for foreign youth
Some areas in Japan are struggling to secure enough public school staff to teach Japanese to children with foreign roots, amid a recent surge in the number of such students in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday. The city of Yokohama, Saitama Prefecture ...
Typhoon-flooded Musashikosugi plunges in Kanto ranking of top places to live
The Musashikosugi district in Kanagawa Prefecture plunged in this year's rankings of most desirable places to live in the Kanto region, a private survey showed Tuesday. Perceptions of Musashikosugi, which has many luxury high-rise condominiums, appear to have worsened after the area suffered flooding due ...
All passengers and crew leave virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship
All 3,711 passengers and crew members of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined at Yokohama port due to COVID-19 infections, disembarked from the vessel Sunday, the health ministry has said. On Sunday, the last group of some 130 crew members left the British-flagged ship after ...
Crew of virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship to start disembarking
Some crew members aboard the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama port due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, disembarked Thursday, the government said. The disembarkation of the around 240 crew members on the ship, including many foreign nationals, is ...
Japan's COVID-19 response in focus as woman let off cruise ship tests positive
A growing number of questions are being raised about the government’s decision not to isolate passengers allowed to leave the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its failure to test some others during the quarantine period.
The health ministry let 23 passengers off the Diamond Princess cruise ship without going through mandated tests for the novel coronavirus, health minister Katsunobu Kato said Saturday. For three days through Friday, 970 passengers who tested negative in tests after Feb. 5 were allowed to ...
100 cabin mates of Diamond Princess patients disembark for new quarantine in Saitama
Passengers on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, currently quarantined in Yokohama, who shared cabins with COVID-19-infected people disembark. They will be kept for another two weeks of medical observation at a public institution in Saitama Prefecture.
